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12. Paper products, cardboard, plywood, or

particleboard. The prohibition against burning

these materials does not prohibit the use of fire

starters made from paper, cardboard, sawdust,

wax, and similar substances to start a fire in an

affected wood heater.

Burning these materials may result in the release
of toxic fumes or render the heater ineffective
and cause smoke. Deadwood lying on the forest

floor should be considered wet and requires full

seasoning time. Standing deadwood can usually
be considered to be about 2/3 seasoned. Smaller
pieces of wood will dry faster. All logs exceeding 6”
in diameter should be split. The wood should not be
stored directly on the ground. Air should circulate
through the logs. A 24” to 48” air space should be
left between each row of logs, which should be
placed in the sunniest location possible. The upper
layer of wood should be protected from the element
but not the sides. A good indicator of if the wood is
ready to burn is to check the piece ends. If cracks are
radiating in all directions from the center then the
wood should be dry enough to burn. If your wood

sizzles in the fire, even though the surface is dry,

it may not be fully cured and should be seasoned

longer. It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that you use

DRY WOOD only in your wood stove. The wood

should have dried for 9 to 15 months, such that

the humidity content (in weight) is reduced below

20% of the weight of the log. It is very important to
keep in mind that even if the wood has been cut
for one, two, or even more years, it is not necessarily

dry, if it has been stored in poor conditions. Under

extreme conditions, it may rot instead of drying.
This point cannot be overstressed; the vast majority
of the problems related to the operation of a wood
stove is caused by the fact that the wood used was
too damp or had dried in poor conditions. These
problems can be:

• ignition problems

•

creosote build-up causing chimney fires

• low energy yield

• blackened windows

• incomplete log combustion

Do not burn manufactured

logs made of wax impregnated

sawdust or logs with any chemical

additives.

Manufactured logs made

of 100% compressed sawdust can be
burned, but be careful burning too much of these

logs at the same time. Start with one manufactured

log and see how the stove reacts. You can increase

the number of logs burned at a time but make sure

the temperature never rises higher than 475 °F (246

°C) on a magnetic thermometer for installation on

single wall stove pipes or 900 °F (482 °C) on a probe

thermometer for installation on double wall stove
pipe. The thermometer should be placed about 18”

(457 mm) above the stove. Higher temperatures

can lead to overheat and damage your stove.

TESTING YOUR WOOD

• When the stove is thoroughly warmed, place one

piece of split wood (about five inches in diameter)

parallel to the door on the bed of red embers.

• Keep the air control fully open and close the

door. If the wood ignites within 90 seconds from
the time it was placed in the stove, your wood is
correctly dried. If ignition takes longer, your wood
is damp.

• If your wood hisses and water or vapor escapes

at the ends of the piece, your wood is soaked

or freshly cut (green). Do not use this wood in

your stove. Large amounts of creosote could be
deposited in your chimney, creating potential

conditions for a chimney fire.

TAMPER WARNING

This wood heater has a manufacturer-set minimum
low burn rate that must not be altered. It is against
federal regulations to alter this setting or otherwise
operate this wood heater in a manner inconsistent
with operating instructions in this manual.

EFFICIENCIES

Efficiencies can be based on either the lower

heating value (LHV) or the higher heating value

(HHV) of the fuel. The lower heating value is when

water leaves the combustion process as a vapor, in
the case of woodstoves the moisture in the wood
being burned leaves the stove as a vapor. The higher
heating value is when water leaves the combustion
process completely condensed. In the case of
woodstoves this would assume the exhaust gases
are room temperature when leaving the system,
and therefore calculations using this heating value
consider the heat going up the chimney as lost

energy. Therefore, efficiency calculated using the

lower heating value of wood will be higher than

efficiency calculated using the higher heating value.

The best way to achieve optimum efficiencies is to

OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS